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• Researchers at CrowdStrike released a report
on a cyberespionage group dubbed Putter Panda that possibly has ties to the
Chinese People’s Liberation Army and primarily targets U.S, Japanese, and
European aerospace, satellite, and communications industries. – SecurityweekSee item 5
below in the Financial Services Sector

• A fire broke out at Sorenson Farms in
Grandview, Washington, June 8 which caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage.
– Yakima Herald-Republic

13. June 10, Yakima
Herald-Republic – (Washington) Grandview
farm shop fire racks up estimated loss topping $1M. A fire broke out at
Sorenson Farms in Grandview June 8 and engulfed a shop that was used as a small
office and to store a variety of equipment, including tractors, grape pickers,
forklifts, and tools. Authorities are investigating the source of the fire
which caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage. Source:http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/2247451-8/fire-destroys-farm-shop-east-of-grandview

• Firefighters reached 65 percent containment
on a fire that broke out June 9 at a Thompson Hardwoods wood processing
facility in Hazlehurst, New York, when a load of lumber was pulled out of a
drying kin and strong winds spread embers from that load to other lumber in the
warehouse. – WALB 10 Albany

14.
June 9, WALB 10 Albany – (Georgia) Hazlehurst lumberyard burns on;
economic damage enormous. Firefighters reached 65 percent containment on a
fire that broke out June 9 at a Thompson Hardwoods wood processing facility in
Hazlehurst when a load of lumber was pulled out of a drying kin and strong
winds spread embers from that load to other lumber in the warehouse. An office
building and a warehouse, including the lumber contained within, were also
destroyed by the fire. Source: http://www.walb.com/story/25727565/hazlehurst-lumberyard-burns-on-helicopter-enroute

• Authorities are investigating the source of
a Salmonellosis outbreak linked to Proper Restaurant in Boone, North Carolina,
that sickened at least 37 individuals as of June 9. – Wautauga Democrat

5. June 10, Securityweek –
(International) Zeus alternative “Pandemiya” emerges in cybercrime
underground. Researchers with RSA identified a completely new banking
trojan known as Pandemiya that has several typical banking fraud tools as well
as a modular design. The trojan does not share any code in common with other
banking fraud toolkits and has appeared for sale on underweb marketplaces.
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/zeus-alternative-pandemiya-emerges-cybercrime-underground

6. June 9, Orlando Sentinel –
(Florida) Feds charge Longwood man in $76 million fraud scheme. Federal
authorities announced June 9 that a Longwood man who operated United Credit
Recovery was arrested on charges that he allegedly ran the company as a $76
million fraud and bribery scheme. Authorities allege that the man would forge
documentation from banks on overdraft debt in order to sell the debt as debt of
a higher quality, and that he also paid over $1 million in bribes to a U.S.
Bank official to obtain insider information. Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-united-credit-recovery-fraud-scheme-20140609,0,2404997.story

For another story, see item 27 below in the Information Technology
Sector

Information Technology Sector

25. June 10, V3.co.uk – (International) Clandestine Fox
hackers spreading malware via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. FireEye
researchers detected a new attack campaign by a group known as Clandestine Fox
which uses malicious attachments in social media and email messages to spread
malware. The attackers behind the campaign previously utilized a vulnerability
that affected multiple versions of Internet Explorer before a patch was issued
by Microsoft. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2349226/clandestine-fox-hackers-spreading-malware-via-facebook-twitter-and-linkedin

26. June 9, Threatpost – (International) ‘Red button’
attack could compromise some smart TVs. Researchers with Columbia
University’s Network Security Lab reported that a vulnerability in the Hybrid
Broadcast Broadband Television (HbbTV) feature in some smart TVs could allow
attackers to steal personal information, access home networks, and perform
denial of service (DoS) attacks by luring users to a compromised channel.
Source: http://threatpost.com/red-button-attack-could-compromise-some-smart-tvs/106547

27. June 9, Securityweek – (International) Zeus malware
control panel vulnerable: Websense. Websense researchers published
information and a proof-of-concept that illustrate how the control panel for
the Zeus banking trojan can be compromised by uploading a customized file to
the command and control server. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/zeus-malware-control-panel-vulnerable-websense

28. June 9, Securityweek – (International) Majority of
comment spam generated by small number of attackers: Imperva. Imperva
released their June Hacker Intelligence Initiative report, which found that during
the report’s 2-week survey period in September 2013, 28 percent of attack
sources generated 80 percent of traffic associated with comment spam, among
other findings. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/majority-comment-spam-generated-small-number-attackers-imperva

For additional stories, see item 4 below from the Defense Industrial Base Sector and item
5 above in the Financial
Services Sector

4.
June 10, Securityweek – (International) Cyber spies targeting U.S.
defense, tech firms linked to China’s PLA: Report. Researchers at
CrowdStrike released a report on a cyberespionage group dubbed Putter Panda
that has primarily targeted U.S, Japanese, and European aerospace, satellite,
and communications industries and appears to be tied to the Chinese People’s
Liberation Army’s Unit 61486. The group has been active since at least 2007 and
mostly relies on custom malware that exploits vulnerabilities in popular
software, according to the report. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/cyber-spies-targeting-us-defense-tech-firms-linked-chinas-pla-report

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U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
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